Arkansas' failure to land a major military vehicle contract is a disappointment for officials who hoped to tout another "superproject" in the state. But it's not the setback that other missed economic deals have been, nor will it prompt the same level of soul-searching. read more >

The U.S. Army on Tuesday awarded a contract to build the military's new Joint Light Tactical Vehicle to Oshkosh Corp. of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, beating Lockheed Martin, which would have made the vehicles in Camden. read more >

The U.S. Army is expected to award a contract on Tuesday for a new armored truck to replace thousands of aging Humvees, a long-awaited deal that could be worth up to $30 billion for the winning team. read more >

Lockheed Martin of Bethesda, Maryland, has received a $1.5 billion contract with the U.S. military for production and delivery of Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missiles and PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement missiles. read more >

Speaking to the Boys State program that played a significant role in his campaign narrative, former President Bill Clinton on Thursday said compromise and finding ways to work with others despite divisions is a key part of America. read more >

Silicon Ranch Corp. of Nashville, Tennessee, said Tuesday that it has hired McCarthy Building Companies Inc. of Phoenix, Arizona, to build its 12-megawatt solar field in East Camden. read more >

Gov. Asa Hutchinson is endorsing a plan to woo a major defense project to Arkansas. The governor signed bills Friday to provide Lockheed Martin with a $87 million incentive package if it is the successful bidder for a military vehicle assembly contract. read more >

An $87 million incentive package aimed at helping attract a defense contract to south Arkansas has easily won initial approval from state lawmakers. read more >

An $87 million incentive package aimed at luring a defense contract to south Arkansas was endorsed by legislative committees on Tuesday, a move that the Republican governor says could help the state land its first vehicle assembly plant. read more >

A defense project Arkansas hopes to land with an incentive package will provide a $16.3 million net benefit to the state over a 25-year period, a consultant hired by the Legislature said in a report issued Friday ahead of next week's special session. read more >

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson appears unlikely to face any insurmountable obstacles in his push for incentives to lure a defense project to the state, or any of the other major items on his agenda when lawmakers convene this week. read more >

A little over a month after wrapping up their regular session, Arkansas lawmakers are returning to the Capitol this week to take up an incentive package aimed at luring a major defense project to the state. read more >

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson is proposing issuing $87 million in bonds to help Lockheed Martin land a defense contract for its Camden facility. read more >

An effort to lure a major defense contract to south Arkansas is offering Gov. Asa Hutchinson a chance to put the focus back on jobs weeks after a legislative session that ended with an unexpected fight over a religious objections law. But the special session planned later this month could also renew the debate over how much a Republican-controlled Legislature is willing to shed its dislike of government spending in exchange for the promise of a major economic development project. read more >

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson says he's calling lawmakers back to the Capitol later this month to consider incentives aimed at luring a defense contract to the state. read more >

Gov. Mike Beebe and Grant Tennille, executive director of the AEDC, hinted that meetings in Europe would yield announcements in the not-so-distant future regarding new jobs and capital investment in Arkansas. read more >

Lockheed Martin is moving production of its joint light tactical vehicle to an assembly line at its Camden manufacturing plant, a move it says will help make the vehicle more affordable for the U.S. Army and Marine Corps. read more >

Sam Alley, CEO of VCC in Little Rock, and Brian Itzkowitz, CEO of Goodwill Industries of Arkansas, won executive of the year awards at Tuesday's 25th annual Arkansas Business of the Year Awards at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock, presented by Centennial Bank. read more >

Compared with 2011, the year 2012 was steadier for Arkansas manufacturing employment. The 156,400 manufacturing jobs the state reported in December 2012 represented a 2 percent increase in manufacturing employment year over year versus December 2011’s 3 percent year-over-year drop. read more >